Psalm 130

New International Reader’s Version

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A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.

1 LORD, I cry out to you because I’m suffering so deeply. 

2 Lord, listen to me. Pay attention to my cry for your mercy. 

3 LORD, suppose you kept a close watch on sins. Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty? 

4 But you forgive. So we can serve you with respect. 

5 With all my heart I wait for the LORD to help me. I put my hope in his word. 

6 I wait for the Lord to help me. I want his help more than night watchmen want the morning to come. I’ll say it again. I want his help more than night watchmen want the morning to come. 

7 Israel, put your hope in the LORD, because the LORD’s love never fails. He sets his people completely free. 

8 He himself will set Israel free from all their sins. 

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Psalm 130

King James Version

1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 

2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 

3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 

4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 

5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 

7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 

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